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Tsunami Aid From Private Sector Is Growing

Wells Fargo(WFC),
Sun Life Financial(SLF) and
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce(BCM) will each contribute $100,000.
Toronto Dominion Bank(TD) of Canada is donating $250,000.

Other companies making significant monetary donations include
Nike(NKE),
General Electric(GE),
American Express(AXP - Get Report),
Walt Disney Co.(DIS - Get Report) and
First Data(symbol), which are each donating $1 million. Cisco says the networking company and its employees are donating about $2.5 million.

ExxonMobil(XOM - Get Report)is contributing $5 million and will match donations by its employees. The oil company employs about 5,000 people in the affected countries.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a not-for-profit founded by
Microsoft(MSFT) Chairman Bill Gates, is giving $3 million.

Ace(ACE), the insurance company, said it would match donations to any relief fund made by its employees.
American International Group(AIG - Get Report), the world's biggest insurer, said it also with match employees donation. The Starr Foundation, an organization affiliated with AIG, is contributing $2.5 million.

The insurance industry is not expected to take a big financial hit from the earthquake and tsunami because the number of policies issues in the affected countries is relatively small.
General Motors(GM) is donating $1 million and is matching employee donations.

Other companies are donating services and goods.
PepsiCo(PEP) and
Coca-Cola(KO) are donating thousands of cases of bottled water.
Kimberly-Clark(KMB) is donating diapers, surgical gloves and other health care products.
FedEx(FDX) is shipping supplies to several affected countries on behalf of a number of relief agencies.

Starbucks(SBUX), in addition to a $100,000 contribution, says it will begin donating $2 from the sale of every pound of Sumatra coffee it sells to the relief effort.

The top of
Amazon.com(AMZN) contains an appeal for contribution and allows visitors to make a direct donation to the American Red Cross. As of this morning, the online retailer had collected $4.3 million from 71,724 contributors.

The nation's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart is contributing $2 million to the Red Cross. The company also said it would

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